Glasgow evacuees thank the city

Tuesday 26th January 2010, 2:29PM GMT.

Glasgow Theatres Ltd development manager Susannah George at yesterday’s Burns Night supper. (0907610)

ISLANDERS who were evacuated to Glasgow during the Second World War are raising money to help them say thank you to the city that looked after them in a time of need.

More than 30 got together yesterday to celebrate Burns Night and to raise funds to support the refurbishment of a historic theatre in the city.

Organiser Ann Morris said the evacuees had decided they wanted to do something to say thank you.

‘At a recent reunion in October, it was decided that we wanted to give a gift to the people of Glasgow,’ she said. ‘We decided to help support the refurbishment of the King’s Theatre because it’s such a historic part of Glasgow.’

Parts of the theatre will be returned to what it looked like in the 1930s.

The 105-year-old building is grade A listed.